I wonder if that same contract requires HP to install iTunes on every PC shipped through the contract period. I suspect that was what this deal was all about from Apple's standpoint.
Most likely they are mockups by the industrial designers, ie, Jonathan Ive and his minions. Its very common during the design process to use wood as it is very easy to modify and finish.
Is it my paranoia, or just the thought that Lucas's spawn, Pixar sits quietly across the bay, podcasting its reality distortion field, awaiting the completion of the new Bay Bridge, which will carry a massive bundle of fiberoptic cables to connect two of the largest renderfarms in the world, with the express goal of destroying Bambi?
I'd rather fly in a single place aircraft. Crash and die, its probably pilot error and my names in the paper. Die with 550 other people on one of these behemoths, and you're just another lousy statistic...
I'm willing to accept that, for all practical purposes and under the guise of antiterrorism, my own government is suppressing dissent and closing down the free press, though perhaps not as viscerally as Venezuela. This is almost standard practice throughout the world, but for a very few nations. So I just can't get too excited about what is happening in Venezuela as compared, say, to our misadventures in Iraq. Sorry.
I'm a pragmatist, born of cynicism. Chavez has used his position to nationalize oil and use the proceeds to provide housing, medical care and education to the impoverished lower class so that they might find some opportunities, and I find that preferable to either a Communist or a Fascist goverment. I take the long term view that engagement rather than conflict will be much more beneficial to U.S. interests. Sorry, I don't understand your "embrace of Communism" as I just don't see that in Venezuela's case.
Funny, I thought that I was pointing out that the U.S. in particular, and the west in general advocates the proposition that the end justifies the means, a historical view similar to traditional despotic regimes. We're supposed to be the good guys, but, somehow we have lost confidence in our own system of government, and hence have and are fond of supporting some pretty bad actors in the world for convenience and profit.
Chavez understands that if he leans toward the poor and economically repressed he gets reelected. He also has the smarts to trade oil to Cuba in exchange for transferring teachers and medical workers from Cuba to Venezuela. This is a page from classic socialism. His backing open source makes sense for his vision of a Latin American trade zone. I find this a positive aspect of his recent reelection. On the downside, there is oppression, but, not anything worse than most of our friends overseas.
If you look at the companies/products that Apple has purchased, they have all been part of an overall strategy, which is to, and at some point, provide various levels of solutions in specific markets, from entry to class leading. Music, film, and soon, images. Then again, Apple does encroach into the space of various developers, while at the same time offering abundant new and unique opportunities for product enhancements, Motion, and Keynote being a couple of the most recent examples, plus various functionalities being incorporated into Tiger such as Spotlight, Automator, and Core Image/Core Video. Certainly not a zero sum solution.
Back in the 80's, I worked 3 summers as a Smokejumper for the BLM out of Fairbanks, Alaska, and was detailed to the lower 48 on 2 occasions. Smokejumpers and air tanker are considered initial attack resources, so, getting to the fire while it was small and containable was the primary mission. Personally, I find that the aging A-10 aircraft would be more practical than the 747, as it can be forward positioned to the existing air tanker support facilities (Minden, NV being nearest to my neck of the woods/desert), and is fast and exceptionally maneuverable, a requirement for the mountainous terrain of much of the west.
Perhaps, Apple will reap the reward of a few G5 compatible games, bolstering MS against Sony and Nintendo, by providing another sales avenue, albeit small.
A number of people seem to be using PCI-X and PCI-Express interchangeably, which has really confused me. I want to buy an Xserve for my next workstation. Therefore I think that I need a PCI-X compatible card (64 bit wide) which, I think, is not the same or compatible with PCI-Express (serial). Help!!
I'm from Nevada, and I don't get it. Is there something odd about a Computer show and a Porn industry show going on side by side in Vegas? If so, you had better let us know. It's not like we allow legalized prostitution in these places.
I think he meant "the norm" as in statistically. I also think that he meant those that only listen to a couple of CD's back to back, adinfinitum, you know, like Britney and Justin, or those country folks (but you will have to help me out with some names here).
Indeed, I came across this when I was researching brushless motors, albeit there are possibly other configurations that might work as well. As I recall, the sunracer motor/wheels had the magnets coupled to opposite faces of the stator, much like caliper brake pads. The described motor wheel for the bus coupled the magnets at the stator circumference, more practical if you need high torque. I would describe this as a design looking for the right application, though many come to mind.
I would expect that Apple's chip consumption is skewed beyond 3% based on its consistent use of multiprocessors in its powermac and xserve lines. Note also that Apple doesn't use but a few variants in any of its product lines. While the volumes of processors that Apple consumes are small overall, those volumes of 970's most likely exceed quite handily Opteron volumes. Add IBM's consumption for linux boxen, and were talking some real earning potential from PPC for IBM.
I wonder if PTC got its business model from Oracle. Pro/engineer is a great product, but, I don't have any fond recollection of purchasing the product via their sales force.
In the news tonight, SCO has hired the RIAA to enforce its new licensing program. According to an SCO spokesman, "We know legal stuff, but when it comes to the dirty work of policing our licensing programs, we find the RIAA a much better fit". "Besides, open source and stealing songs, its a twofer."
In other news, Steve Jobs indicated today that all Macintosh's shipped after November 10 would now boot Yellow Dog Linux out of the box. SCO's switch incentive program and 1-800 number will be displayed on the startup screen, along with an access code for Panther. When queried about the shocking OS switch, Steve noted that, "Yellow Dog runs like stink on the G5, and at a $299 discount for the G5, we'll be working overtime to keep up with demand."
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I wonder if that same contract requires HP to install iTunes on every PC shipped through the contract period. I suspect that was what this deal was all about from Apple's standpoint.
Most likely they are mockups by the industrial designers, ie, Jonathan Ive and his minions. Its very common during the design process to use wood as it is very easy to modify and finish.
Is it my paranoia, or just the thought that Lucas's spawn, Pixar sits quietly across the bay, podcasting its reality distortion field, awaiting the completion of the new Bay Bridge, which will carry a massive bundle of fiberoptic cables to connect two of the largest renderfarms in the world, with the express goal of destroying Bambi?
I'd rather fly in a single place aircraft. Crash and die, its probably pilot error and my names in the paper. Die with 550 other people on one of these behemoths, and you're just another lousy statistic...
I'm willing to accept that, for all practical purposes and under the guise of antiterrorism, my own government is suppressing dissent and closing down the free press, though perhaps not as viscerally as Venezuela. This is almost standard practice throughout the world, but for a very few nations. So I just can't get too excited about what is happening in Venezuela as compared, say, to our misadventures in Iraq. Sorry.
I'm a pragmatist, born of cynicism. Chavez has used his position to nationalize oil and use the proceeds to provide housing, medical care and education to the impoverished lower class so that they might find some opportunities, and I find that preferable to either a Communist or a Fascist goverment. I take the long term view that engagement rather than conflict will be much more beneficial to U.S. interests. Sorry, I don't understand your "embrace of Communism" as I just don't see that in Venezuela's case.
Funny, I thought that I was pointing out that the U.S. in particular, and the west in general advocates the proposition that the end justifies the means, a historical view similar to traditional despotic regimes. We're supposed to be the good guys, but, somehow we have lost confidence in our own system of government, and hence have and are fond of supporting some pretty bad actors in the world for convenience and profit.
Chavez understands that if he leans toward the poor and economically repressed he gets reelected. He also has the smarts to trade oil to Cuba in exchange for transferring teachers and medical workers from Cuba to Venezuela. This is a page from classic socialism. His backing open source makes sense for his vision of a Latin American trade zone. I find this a positive aspect of his recent reelection. On the downside, there is oppression, but, not anything worse than most of our friends overseas.
...and next thing you will tell me is that there will be an exploding market for creating ringtones, badly I might add, in garageband...
If you look at the companies/products that Apple has purchased, they have all been part of an overall strategy, which is to, and at some point, provide various levels of solutions in specific markets, from entry to class leading. Music, film, and soon, images. Then again, Apple does encroach into the space of various developers, while at the same time offering abundant new and unique opportunities for product enhancements, Motion, and Keynote being a couple of the most recent examples, plus various functionalities being incorporated into Tiger such as Spotlight, Automator, and Core Image/Core Video. Certainly not a zero sum solution.
And to thing I wasted all that time looking for a PayPal account to donate to.
Back in the 80's, I worked 3 summers as a Smokejumper for the BLM out of Fairbanks, Alaska, and was detailed to the lower 48 on 2 occasions. Smokejumpers and air tanker are considered initial attack resources, so, getting to the fire while it was small and containable was the primary mission. Personally, I find that the aging A-10 aircraft would be more practical than the 747, as it can be forward positioned to the existing air tanker support facilities (Minden, NV being nearest to my neck of the woods/desert), and is fast and exceptionally maneuverable, a requirement for the mountainous terrain of much of the west.
Perhaps, Apple will reap the reward of a few G5 compatible games, bolstering MS against Sony and Nintendo, by providing another sales avenue, albeit small.
A clear housing would be cool too. But I'm not sure that I want those little plastic fish floating around in my laptop.
A number of people seem to be using PCI-X and PCI-Express interchangeably, which has really confused me. I want to buy an Xserve for my next workstation. Therefore I think that I need a PCI-X compatible card (64 bit wide) which, I think, is not the same or compatible with PCI-Express (serial). Help!!
Nowadays, we would outsource to Mr. Fox to guard the hen house.
That's how long that it will take to copy the design in China, and put it on the shelves in WalMart. "Always low price. Always"
How hard would it be to switch to Darwin? That would make SJ happy, and it is after all, BSD based.
I'm from Nevada, and I don't get it. Is there something odd about a Computer show and a Porn industry show going on side by side in Vegas? If so, you had better let us know. It's not like we allow legalized prostitution in these places.
I think he meant "the norm" as in statistically. I also think that he meant those that only listen to a couple of CD's back to back, adinfinitum, you know, like Britney and Justin, or those country folks (but you will have to help me out with some names here).
Indeed, I came across this when I was researching brushless motors, albeit there are possibly other configurations that might work as well. As I recall, the sunracer motor/wheels had the magnets coupled to opposite faces of the stator, much like caliper brake pads. The described motor wheel for the bus coupled the magnets at the stator circumference, more practical if you need high torque. I would describe this as a design looking for the right application, though many come to mind.
I would expect that Apple's chip consumption is skewed beyond 3% based on its consistent use of multiprocessors in its powermac and xserve lines. Note also that Apple doesn't use but a few variants in any of its product lines. While the volumes of processors that Apple consumes are small overall, those volumes of 970's most likely exceed quite handily Opteron volumes. Add IBM's consumption for linux boxen, and were talking some real earning potential from PPC for IBM.
I wonder if PTC got its business model from Oracle. Pro/engineer is a great product, but, I don't have any fond recollection of purchasing the product via their sales force.
In the news tonight, SCO has hired the RIAA to enforce its new licensing program. According to an SCO spokesman, "We know legal stuff, but when it comes to the dirty work of policing our licensing programs, we find the RIAA a much better fit". "Besides, open source and stealing songs, its a twofer."
In other news, Steve Jobs indicated today that all Macintosh's shipped after November 10 would now boot Yellow Dog Linux out of the box. SCO's switch incentive program and 1-800 number will be displayed on the startup screen, along with an access code for Panther. When queried about the shocking OS switch, Steve noted that, "Yellow Dog runs like stink on the G5, and at a $299 discount for the G5, we'll be working overtime to keep up with demand."